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Africa-Press – South-Sudan. <\/strong><\/span>The South Sudan National Bureau of Statistics (SSNBS) on Thursday released a new Population Estimation Survey (PES) which assessed the country\u2019s population at 12.4 million.<\/p>\n

According to Isaiah Chol, the chairperson of SSNBS, the survey was conducted starting May 2021 and is based on satellite imagery and inventory gathered in collaboration with United Nations Population Fund (UNFPA).<\/p>\n

Chol said the population survey was conducted across the ten states and three administrative.<\/p>\n

\u201cIn 2021, the Government of South Sudan through SSNBS conducted PES and covered all the attributes of micro-census with all characteristics,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n

The SSNBS chairperson said the purpose of the PES is to generate reliable population estimates on the population density and basic demographic characteristics for all levels of administration in the country.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe purpose of this PES is to generate indicators for monitoring and evaluation of programs and final population and housing census and house survey as well as demographic dividends,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n

Chol thanked the UN agencies for helping in conducting the PES.<\/p>\n

According to the population estimates survey, 52.9 percent of the population are females and 47.1 percent males while the population of youth stands at 77 percent.<\/p>\n

The Country\u2019s last population and Housing Census was conducted before the independence of South Sudan and put the region\u2019s population at 8.26 million.<\/p>\n

For his part, Ademola Olajide, the United Nations Population Fund (UNFPA) country representative, said they believe the population is not about numbers but people, saying for people to be counted, there must be population and Housing survey.<\/p>\n

According to Olajide, the current PES is just a starting process as the country is expected to conduct elections on December 2024.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe will use this data for planning, we will use it for policy design and even to measure progress, and it can become a baseline for the interventions we take,\u201d he said. \u201cThe data we have is statistically sound, in terms of the techniques and methodology. What remains in contention is a political decision as to whether to use this for the census or not.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cThis PES was conducted with the support of UNFPA and the UN system here in South Sudan, funded by our generous donors, under the leadership of the SSNBS,\u2019 Olajide added.<\/p>\n

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